tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700183921884368962.post4187980876989133296..comments2024-03-27T20:43:41.891+00:00Comments on Arabdemocracy: When 400=4: The Mathematics of Israeli propagandaArab Democracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17484561039671942435noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700183921884368962.post-60776437071513275912009-01-04T18:20:00.000+00:002009-01-04T18:20:00.000+00:00I agree with poshlemon, an excellent piece of writ...I agree with poshlemon, an excellent piece of writing.<BR/><BR/>I think palestine campaigners underestimate just how much israel values public/international opinion and rarely work it to their advantage. Didnt israel mobilise their pr machine as part of their offensive on gaza? <BR/><BR/>Unfortnatley in gaza they NEED to glorify pain and martydrom, how else can you make it through such an ordeal? I guess it is up to us, well those of us in the west, to translate this attitude into more western terms.<BR/><BR/>I just want to know how this will all end?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700183921884368962.post-53809624081457440752009-01-04T09:27:00.000+00:002009-01-04T09:27:00.000+00:00Thanks for your comment.I agree that I might be to...Thanks for your comment.<BR/>I agree that I might be too easily typecasting by trying to get the point across in such a small article when the issue is much more complex.<BR/><BR/>I am not being judgmental of western audiences as much as I am pointing to unconscious processes in the way any audience responds to the suffering of other human beings.<BR/><BR/>This doesnt only apply to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.I noticed this following the Tsunami in 2004 and the earthquake in Pakistan. You could argue that the absence of Western deaths in the latter triggered a different reaction from the public.<BR/><BR/>As I point out in my conclusion, International public opinion is important and the efforts of people in England and everywhere else wil no doubt have an impact on the resolution of this disastrous situation.<BR/><BR/>JosephArab Democracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17484561039671942435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700183921884368962.post-66159517122107424842009-01-04T08:30:00.000+00:002009-01-04T08:30:00.000+00:00Excellent piece of writing. The media is a very tr...Excellent piece of writing. The media is a very tricky one and especially with selective broadcasting, which real-time images are showed, what standpoint is more featured and how fairly so, and simply the terminology used, which could be quite tricky especially to audiences that have available to them and/or are acquainted with one or a certain kind of news source. <BR/><BR/>Though I have a problem with your interpretation of Western audiences as showing compassion that could be merely described as skin-deep. I'm guessing you're just typecasting. In England, there is a profound and driven public voice (lots of blonds and blue eyes) that has fiercely condemned the Israeli war machine, especially in the recent demonstrations in protest of what's been happening in Gaza. I speak of England as I have been living there so I could speak of what I know/see/experience and that would be a widespread compassion with the Palestinian people. But, also we have seen many rallies in objection to the Israeli assault all over the world too. <BR/><BR/>I think, at the moment, the problem isn't the Western or Arab audiences as much as it is in the hands of the political giants... as it always has been.poshlemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646938223102683769noreply@blogger.com